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‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities
Matched: climate
Devastating cloudbursts in Indian-administered Kashmir are destroying homes, crops and livestock as climate change drives increasingly erratic weather. In one village, a predawn flash flood buried homes under mud and boulders within minutes. Communities in remote mountain areas face repeated losses with little warning, and many families are still searching for missing relatives following the deadly July storms.
Flood deaths in West African cities raise fraught issue of slum evictions
Matched: climate
Deadly floods in West African cities are highlighting tensions around informal settlements built on flood-prone land. Poor urban planning and rapid population growth have pushed low-income residents into vulnerable areas. Authorities face difficult choices between protecting lives through evictions and displacing already-marginalized communities, with no clear consensus on how to manage the growing crisis.